That One Puppet Thing

Despite everything, it's still you.

Caine being part of the digital circus’s found family 🤍🐝

I can’t lie I think out of everything that still gets to me in the finale is Gangle not being able to cry for Jax initially, then when all is said and done she breaks downs to finally cry.

This made me laugh so hard omg I love Goose

HAPPY PRIDEEEE!!!!

yes, im lateBUT ITS STILL JUNE SO WE STILL GOING. THE GOOBERS JUST HAD TO BE DONE.

IT CAN LIE

IT CAN LIE THE INFECTION CAN LIE

I’M TERRIFIED

“I need you to open the door, please” SCREAMINGGGGG

THE LIGHT IS YELLOW THE LIGHT IS YELLOW NO IT ISN’T BECAUSE IT CAN’T BE YELLOW

AAAAAA AAAAAA CARME SCREAMING IN ANGER

AAAAAAA

HE’S LOOSE HOLY FUCK AAAAAA AAAAA AAAAAAA OH MY GOD THE BLADES HE BROKE THE DOOR OPEN RUN MOON FUCK FUCK FUCL FUXK HE’S IN THE ROOM OH MOON GOT HIM HE GOT HIM ELECTICUTED HIM AAAA OH MY GOD THE CHARGE WAS TOO STRONG CARME IS SHAKING AND IN PAIN Carme doesn’t get adrenaline? What does that mean? That’s fascinating. OH MY GOD HIS HANDS ARE STILL SHAKING AND HE CAN’T KEEP THEM STRAIGHT DOES CARME HAVE THE EQUIVALENT OF ROBOT NERVE DAMAGE NOW this is a really good episode I really like this episode oh my god Moon using Carme’s own ribbons to tie him down is crazzzyyyy thats giving me so many brain worms, damn he ripped that door a new one Carme is strong af, the slight bickering over Carme’s apology was cute, CARME IS GOOD NOW!!!! THEY HAVE A SOLUTION!! YIPPEEE!! But yeah definitly none of the other infected animatronics are gonna survive the EMP. Or other electronics. “I guess no one’s going to be playing on their PlayStations! (Pained laugh)” my Carme my positive sweet Carme I love you I love you so muuuchhh OH THAT WAS A SEIZURE??? HE HAD A SEIZURE?? Oh okay okay noting that, jotting that down, okay

“You got infected because of me…” “and I would get infected again to keep you safe…”

And like. And so like. Carmoon ISN’T canon?? Because I’m so, like, incredibly miffed by how well these writers are writing the best romance I’ve ever seen BY ACCIDENT. WhAT??

“I care about everyone” I don’t see you constantly giving Sun words of affirmation and telling him how much you care about his well-being, babe. Or Dahlia for that matter….

Metal-Hunger is a reference to the term "skin hunger" AKA touch starvation. They have metal instead of skin because they're robots, hence my using "metal hunger" instead of "skin hunger".

A panacea is a cure-all, a remedy for any ailment/difficulty.

Carmine has skin hunger/touch starvation because he doesn't usually allow anyone to get close with him due to his past and his trauma of being used/abused.

It's easy to see why he wouldn't want to be touched at all after enduring such a hard life as a pleasure bot before the circus bought him. And when he finally got to the circus, the one bot he falls in love and wants to be close with with tells him that his need for love/touch/intimacy is essentially a sin. And even though Carmine has done a lot of work to deconstruct the harmful mindset his world forced upon him since his conception, he still holds a lot of deep, underlying guilt over his needs/wants, which he doesn't start acting upon until he meets Moon.

I feel like I dissected everything going on with Carmine pretty intensely in the fic, so to shift over to Moon's POV, since we didn't get to see much of it: Moon doesn't even realize he's touch starved.

He doesn't know what that is. Mostly because it's new to him. I imagine he didn't start feeling skin hunger until he unlocked his emotions.

Even if he knew what it was, he wouldn't go out of his way to find someone to be that vulnerable with to satiate it. He's not a touchy-feely kind of guy, and he probably wouldn't think he deserves the attention anyways.

He'd also probably wave off any touch starvation with the fact that he's a robot and robots don't even HAVE skin!! HOWEVER, I'd argue that he's so highly advanced (practically alive) that, hey if he can get hungry/tired/frustrated, he can probably get lonely/depressed from being deprived of contact.

I think this goes hand-in-hand with his AroAce identity, too. He doesn't like romance, and he doesn't like sex, both of which have an emphasis on touching. So it's easy to convince yourself than you must not like touching like cuddling/hugs/kisses/holding hands because those are usually pushed as being mushy-gushy, romance-y things, despite the fact that friends and family can cuddle/hug/give kisses/hold hands, too.

But there's no one in Moon's immediate circle of family and friends who I think he would be comfortable doing any of that with. His relationship with Sun is strained. I think I remember them hugging ONCE (maybe twice) in the entirety of the show. Maybe he'd hug Terra if she asked him. Or ask Cosmo if he wants a hug when he sees his little brother is upset, but I think, in general, Moon is very sparse with touch.

TJ probably loves to be held/hugged and would probably start hugging Moon a lot the more they bond, but I think Moon chalks his liking the kid's hugs/affection because, despite everything, he's still a daycare attendant model designed to look after and care for kids.

This is also an underlying reason of why I think he loves food so much. Yes, he DOES just like food, but in my personal interpretation, I think sometimes he's trying to fill a sort of... void, though he doesn't know the void is there. And, again, I think there are some new feelings on his relationship with food that are new due to having his emotions unlocked. Eating when bored, when stressed, or when lonely, or just because he has a big enjoyment of it.

I like to think part of Moon's love language surrounds the concept of eating. Sitting down for dinner. Being offered food/snacks. If he shares his food with you, it's marked as pretty big deal, even to himself, because even he knows he can be a bit gluttonous about it.

But, yeah, I find Moon and touch starvation an interesting topic. And I don't think he truly realizes it's a Thing with him until Carmine hugs him and he starts tearing up for some unknown reason...

Metal-Hunger is a reference to the term "skin hunger" AKA touch starvation. They have metal instead of skin because they're robots, hence my using "metal hunger" instead of "skin hunger".

A panacea is a cure-all, a remedy for any ailment/difficulty.

Metal-Hunger is a reference to the term "skin hunger" AKA touch starvation. They have metal instead of skin because they're robots, hence my using "metal hunger" instead of "skin hunger".

A panacea is a cure-all, a remedy for any ailment/difficulty.

imagine waking up and spitting up blood that isn't yours, and choking on the flesh of the very people you were supposed to protect